Re: Setting gconf/dconf keys in kickstart

On 08/02/2011 04:40 PM, Hugh Brown wrote:
> I've done similar things in a script that gets called from %post and
> they were successfully set.

As previously reported your script worked like a charm. Thanks again. 
I'm still struggling with one thing: to turn off that "klunk" sound when 
GDM starts. the lines below directly in the %post section all did not work.

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --direct 
--config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool 
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds false

sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --direct 
--config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory -s -t bool 
/desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds false

This script called from %post makes the %post session not finish so I 
suspect something does not return control but I don't know why and am 
out of my league here.

#!/bin/sh
su - gdm -s /bin/bash --command='
for line in `dbus-launch`; do export "$line"; done;
/usr/libexec/dconf-service &
GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound 
event-sounds false;
exit' 2> /dev/null

Any hints how to silence GDM would be most appreciated.

Thanks and regards,
Patrick